More than four months after Category 4 storm Hurricane Maria leveled Puerto Rico, roughly 40 percent of the island is still without power, and many more are struggling just to have their basic needs met. Knowing how much help those in the area still need, Puerto Rican-born Dallas Mavericks guard JJ Barea, and ofo, the world's largest station-free bicycle-sharing program, have [...]
Cincinnati Bengals fans may not have a team in it right now, but they're certainly making their presence known during the NFL playoffs. That's because they have decided to make donations to the Blake Bortles Foundation. A kind gesture, indeed, but why? After all, Bortles is the quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars. It turns out they're donating to the worthy [...]
The year that Kazuyoshi Miura started his professional soccer career, Larry Bird was the MVP of the NBA Finals, Jack Nicklaus became the oldest Masters winner at age 46 and LeBron James was only 2 years old. Now just shy of his 51st birthday, Miura, a forward for Yokohama FC in Japan, has signed a contract extension, which will allow him [...]
Good sportsmanship is timeless. That's why it's worth looking back at the gesture high school wrestler Matt Strunk offered up to an opponent. Strunk, who was a senior at Chambersburg Area Senior High School in Pennsylvania in 2016, was set to face off against Lucas Ortiz, a 152-pound wrestler and senior from Conestoga Valley. The only problem was Ortiz couldn't [...]
If there's a life worth studying, it's Lou Batori's. At 107 years old, he's still ripping turns down the mountain as a skier. His status of "ski legend" is marked by a "100+ Ski Club" patch on his jacket and his own parking spot at Crystal Mountain in Michigan. He no longer races, but he became the world's oldest NASTAR [...]
As one of Tom Brady's teammates, Nate Solder knows an MVP when he sees one. That's why after being named a Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee and receiving two complimentary Super Bowl LII tickets, he decided to give the tickets to a very important person in so many families' lives who are affected by childhood cancer. Solder, who [...]
It was a historic moment in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Friday night at King Abdullah Sports City stadium, not because Al-Ahli F.C. beat Al-Batin F.C. 5-0, but because women could walk through the venue's doors. The game marked the first time women were allowed to attend a major sporting event in the kingdom. Although they were placed in the "family [...]
Jared Blank probably missed being at Levi’s Stadium Dec. 1 to watch his beloved University of Southern California Trojans win the PAC-12 Championship in a revenge victory over the Stanford Cardinals - but he had other things to do that day. He had to go for a run. But not just any run. A training run for a marathon. And [...]
An act of kindness, even in the midst of a competitive basketball game, can go a long way. Just ask Kyle Kwarcinski, a high school senior from Nebraska who has Down syndrome. Kwarcinski is the varsity team manager at his school, and because he's a fantastic long-range shooter, he occasionally suits up for the junior varsity squad. Just before Christmas, [...]
How good of a runner is Molly Friel? Well, she ran a marathon in 2 hours, 43 minutes and 57 seconds. At a 6:15 min/mile pace, that's incredibly fast, but once you realize she's 50 years old and clocking that kind of time, it's simply jaw-dropping. Friel ran the sub-2:45 race at the California International Marathon in December, and subsequently [...]